The prisoners, whose identity is being protected by the prison, were not allowed to be interviewed or photographed for this article.
One of the prisoners whose sentence was commuted, Francis Darrell Hayden, had been sentenced to life in prison for growing marijuana back in 2002.
In a highly unusual intervention, then governor of the prison, Siswanto, told an appeal hearing in 2010 that the pair were model prisoners whose lives should be spared.
prisons needed a more "balanced, consistent and holistic approach" to violent and abusive prisoners, whose behaviour can "mask vulnerability and mental health problems".
In 1957, China released 15 American prisoners whose existence it had once denied.
Plus, there's a judicial review process to vet prisoners whose sentences are reduced.
The suit alleged that prisoners whose illnesses caused behavioral problems were disciplined or not treated.
("I had thirty odd prisoners, whose wives and daughters were in tears for their safety, and I felt for them").
James Ridgeway has been collecting the stories of prisoners whose lives under solitary confinement are usually shielded from public view.
The prisoners whose sentences will be commuted have stories that range from the mundane to the bizarre.
The Guardian database only shows details for 870 prisoners whose identity and circumstances appear to be clear.
